American passenger trains are absurdly bad, I tried to book a return between two neighboring cities and evey single thing about it is stupid and expensive. I would have had to book the exact train which is annoying anyway but to make ot worse any at a useful time are are all insane prices and the train stations were both awkward and stupid. We might have to kill time waiting for our exact train but we can’t do it near the station because theres nothing there.
You guys need to start acting upset that china is so fad ahead and get everyone charged up to update the railways.
I live in Australia. The US has excellent trains in comparison. Not that it’s hard.
Australian trains are easier to use and cleaner and have good stations they are just few and slow and have no prospect of ever being upgraded
I’ve taken the Cardinal four times and the only upsides were no TSA inspection (which they’re talking about changing) and no size limits on luggage. Other than that everything was a fucking nightmare. Like, overflowing toilets with turds sliding around on the floor of the bathroom, 8 hour delays, departure time at 3am… bad. The first time I took it for the experience, the second time I took it because, “well shit happens right? Maybe it was a fluke.” It wasn’t a fluke. The only way it would be worth it would be if tickets were like $30.
Nationalize the rails.
